Black Stone Cherry-Black to Blues 2: A collection of old blues songs covered by the Hard Rock/Southern Rock Band. It's a five track EP and three of the tracks have already been released as singles, so there isn't going to be much tonight, but Black Stone Cherry is always worth listening to.
Nirvana-25th Anniversary MTV Unplugged in New York: A mostly acoustic show featuring Nirvana, the early 90s Grunge band that inspired quite a few musicians. I first got interested in Nirvana in 2011 when "Nevermind" was going to be 20 and Billy Ray Cyrus shared his story of meeting Kurt Cobain as the two were passing in an arena. Apparently, Greg Fletcher, Billy Ray's drummer, was a huge fan of Nirvana, and Kurt asked Billy Ray to not tell Greg he was here. Later, in his autobiography, Billy Ray mentioned meeting Kurt again at an awards show and had hoped the two could've been friends, deeply saddened that he ended his life. Nirvana can be hit or miss for me, but I do love that they had a sense of humor in music, such as the lyrics "We can plant a house/we can build a tree" in "Breed" or how "Lounge Act" ends, and I love that "Heart-Shaped Box" is in my Guitar Hero game.
Prog Rock Christmas-This has Malcolm McDowell singing "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch." That's all the reason I need.
Charlie's Angels Album with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus-This is the album "Don't Call Me Angel" is going to be on. Ariana Grande is also going to sing a song by herself and sing one with Chaka Khan as well as one with Victoria Monet. I wasn't much of a fan of Grande, but her performances with Miley Cyrus and Idina Menzel have convinced me to give her more of a shot.
Mike Zito-Rock N Roll: A Tribute To Chuck Berry: There are two tributes to Chuck Berry coming out in the coming weeks, this one by Blues-Rocker Mike Zito. According to Spotify's data on the singles, each track has a guest star, one of whom was Richard Fortus, the rhythm guitarist of Guns N Roses on the "Not In This Lifetime" Tour. I look forward to seeing who else is going to play on an album that homages one of the inventors of Rock and Roll.
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour Lyve: We sadly close the final chapter on a storied rock and roll career that has endured a lot of pain, yet persevered. Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the first major Classic Rock bands I got into with Billy Ray Cyrus endorsing them with his song "The Freebird Fell." In 2013, I managed to get to the White River Amphitheater in Auburn and see them, the driving "Call Me The Breeze," the pounding "I Ain't the One," the warning of "That Smell," the aggressive "Saturday Night Special" and the soaring yet melancholy "Free Bird." As the band retires, I don't have words myself, so I will use Charlie Daniels'. "Fly on Proud Bird, You're Free At Last."
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